On this day in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston.
Poe had a love-hate relationship with the city, writing, “Their hotels are bad. Their pumpkin pies are delicious. Their poetry is not so good.”
Nevertheless, Poe was honored with a statue by the Common in 2014.
Poe had a love-hate relationship with the city, writing, “Their hotels are bad. Their pumpkin pies are delicious. Their poetry is not so good.”
Nevertheless, Poe was honored with a statue by the Common in 2014.
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